Rahz panicked when he heard that he was the new Headmaster of the Vengeance Chamber and thought the worst.
"Did something happened to my teacher?"
"Well nothing physically... he did say that you owed him a huge favor since he was taking care of your mess by taking over Nightmare's position as the right hand of the founder of Blackrock City. He also said that you were to be responsible for the Chamber since Jazz was not suited for that kind of work".
Rahz frowned but the message assured him that his teacher was alright and that he was in a very important position, probably setting the whole thing with the evil alignment forces to prevent a full scale war.
"Do I need to return immediately?" asked Rahz with a little disappointed because he was advancing by leaps and bounds towards his Demonic Transformation.
Sigh…
"You can stay here for the time being, just make sure to arrive before the student recruitment one month from now".
Rahz nodded his head and smile from ear to ear before shouting, "So.. Who is next?".
Riddick was also progressing with lightning speed due to the amazing amount of resources his parents left for him and also loved to participate in the fights against other Elite which allowed him to hone his skills and reached level 29 surprisingly fast. Level 29 was a very important level for Riddick since he unlocked his second Bloodline summon, a spell that allowed him to summon and make a contract with a new demon increasing the number of servants by one.
The Summoning Circle was twice the size as the one he used before and the amount of Chaos Energy required was massive and with good reason. The demon this time raised very slowly from the Summoning Gate under the excited eyes of Riddick, Igor, Hennessy, Midori and Rahz.
The first thing they could see was a pair of Elk horns 3 feet long and they were attach to a Human head that had a red blindfold covering his Eyes. The demon kept rising from the Gate and his torso alone was 5 ft tall and from the wrist down a pair big hands made out of wood appeared against the 8 feet tall horse body.
Igor was the first to speak, "It is a Keeper of Nature, but it looks like is a pretty weak one looking at its size"
The Keeper looked around and saw that there were people with auras way stronger than his and that made him panic. Rahz saw this and immediately said, "Is ok we are not going to hurt you, you were summoned to Mount Doom by my brother Riddick to make a contract but you can still refused".
The Keeper was a druid class that were extremely close to nature, thanks to their bloodline they could communicate and befriend any beast or plant that existed in the realm. Keepers could command wind and rain as well as heal the injuries of their allies using nature's energy but most of all they could enlist the help of trees and beast to attack and defend without the need of a contract.
"My Lords, I am but a lowly keeper that was cast away by my clan when I failed to subdue a demonazied beast and lost my eyesight during my coming of age ceremony, I doubt that you want a failure like me becoming a servant of a mighty Val'gun".
"Hmm...If you couldn't see, how do you know there is a Val'gun in front of you?" said Rahz
"My Lord, It is true that I cannot see like many others do but I can distinguish energy sources and I can recognized the Val'guns fire crown of legends and I can feel my blood tremble in fear".
"What is your name?" Asked Riddick
"My name is Remulos my Lord"
Riddick smiled and moved closer towards the Keeper and said, "We are the Helgahvall Clan and there is a spot for one more Remulos, would you like to Join us "
Remulos was at a lost for words, it was the first time that somebody that was not a tree or a fish was interested in his abilities.
When he lost his eyesight, Remulos thought his life was over but very soon he realized that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Without his eyesight, Remulos learned to absorb the energy other bodies radiated to form an energy image of the surrounding environment which was a skill named Infravision.
Remulos was not sure how he could help the people around him but he knew that they were special. The hue of their auras were like nothing he had ever seen, they were of different colors but they were extremely pure almost translucent,this was a sign of good character.
"I would be Honor my lord". Said Remulos and then the Blood ritual was completed granting him a soul link to two people.
Rahz and the others made Remulos feel at home and while conversing with him discovered the amazing abilities he had at his disposal.
Dread Thorns - Provides a Nature Energy Shield to an Ally increasing defense and returning 20 % of the damage to the attacker.
Brambles - Was a Root like spell that creates bramble holding an Enemy in place for 30 sec doing increased damage the more the enemy struggles to get out.
Remove Corruption - Removes curses and poison from a target
Force of Nature - Creates Treants to attack the enemy by pouring large amounts of Nature energy into a tree branch.
Invoke Lightning - Can call lightning from the sky against his enemies
Wind Tornado - Creates a wind whirlwind that stuns and disorients the target lifting it into the air for 3 secs.
Nature's Healing - Heals medium wounds of the target by absorbing the vitality of nature and it can heal major wounds when in the forest.
Rahz and the others heard the skills Remulos had and were extremely excited about their new addition to the team.
The month before the student selection for the Temple of the Dreadnought past in a flash and Rahz was able to collect the blood and many materials such as claws, tails and other special characteristics of demons representing 10 of the 12 council members. The materials were analyzed and the characteristics were compile neatly by Apocalypse for him to browse.
Rahz tried to get all 12 but unfortunately 2 were in the process of evolving into a higher level and were unable to come out.
Riddick decided to go as well and after begging for a long time, Annihilus reluctantly accepted his request under the condition that he took with him 2 four tier bodyguards chosen by the elder. Riddick accepted rather quickly and placed the bracer on his wrist and change his appearance to that of the new Rahz looking like his twin brother but with purple hair.
The 2 guards were not conspicuous at all and were massive but the group did not pay any attention to them. The guards look like Djinn and floated in the air with a huge cage behind their backs and a whip strap around their waist that they used to capture criminals and imprison them in the cage where they could be torture for years to come.
Since the dead of Azgorth, the Demon Race had lost a lot of its prestige and Riddick was the hope to get it all back. On the surface it looked like the 2 Djinn were the only guards assign to Riddick but Annihilus knew that nobody but his right hand could be trusted.
The team arrived at the Temple's ground and the festivities were already on the way, tents were already erected outside and kids and teenagers were testing their progress against another contestants while their fathers and spectators bet on the outcome. It was an amazing atmosphere that reminded people that even though the demons looked different, they also had their own culture and loved their families and friends.
Rahz made his way to the Vengeance Chamber inside the temple but Jazz was nowhere to be found.
"Where is Jazz" asked Riddick a little disappointed
"He is probably by the arena watching the girls fight, let me show you to your rooms and then we can look for him so you guys can hang out while I visit Thug'Dromog to get the scoop on the program this time around".
The group made themselves at home and chose a huge room that could house all of them at once before finding Jazz talking to a group of students by the arena. Apparently ever since Giant Blade left, Jazz had been stressing about Ale money and decided to start gambling on the outcomes of the matches which were easy to predict thanks to his Gnome Goggles.
Jazz saw the group of people coming his way and laugh so loud that everyone present turned to look around. Jazz made his way to the group and looked at Riddick up and down before he was grab like a baby and toss into the air.
"It is me Riddick... damn! is good to see you"